Chief ICT Officer, Multimedia Development at The Open University of Kenya

The Duties And Responsibilities Shall Include But Are Not Limited To:

• Gathering, documenting, and analyzing business requirements relating to the development or enhancement of ICT applications. 
• Developing and deploying business applications.
• Performing supervisory role.
• Coordinating the development, testing, and deployment of business applications;
• Ensuring the architectural design, development, customization, and integration efforts of the business applications. 
• Creating working relationships with the ICT Team, Applications users, Business Champions, Contracted Service Providers, and Consultants.
• Coordinate all phases of software development (from inception to deployment and maintenance within assigned groups). 
• Following-up and coordinating internal and external application development teams; 
• Playing a key role in coordinating with external contractors ensuring proper and correct delivery of technical solutions.  
• Setting up and configuring staging and production environments and organizing product-specific tests prior to production deployment. 
• Organizing the schedule of roll-outs and maintenance activities of software applications. 
• Administering support, training, and assistance to end users.
• Compiling test runs before deployment.

For Appointment To This Grade, One MUST Have:

For appointment to this grade, one MUST have: 

• Master’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business IT, Software Engineering, ICT Project Management, Computer Engineering, or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution;
• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Telecommunication engineering, or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution;
• Professional qualification and membership in Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), MCSE/ CCNA/ISACA (CISA/CISM/CRISC/CGEIT/ CCNE), Database Certification;
• Programming Language, Database management, or its equivalent from a recognized institution where applicable;
• At least three (3) years of relevant working experience in grade 11.
• Supervisory course lasting not less than two (2) weeks cumulatively;
• Fulfilled the requirements of Chapter 6 of the 2010 Constitution.